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Rhynchospiza

Rhynchospiza
Yungas sparrow (Rhynchospiza dabbenei)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passerellidae
Genus: Rhynchospiza
Ridgway, 1898
Type species
Haemophila stolzmanni[1]
Taczanowski, 1877
Species

Rhynchospiza dabbenei
Rhynchospiza stolzmanni
Rhynchospiza strigiceps

Rhynchospiza is a genus of American sparrows. It was formerly included in Aimophila, but recent molecular studies show these two to three species to merit their own genus.[2][3][4] All species are distributed in South America.

Species in taxonomic order

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Genus Rhynchospiza – Ridgway, 1898 – three species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Tumbes sparrow

Rhynchospiza stolzmanni
(Taczanowski, 1877) 		Ecuador and Peru
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Yungas sparrow

Rhynchospiza dabbenei
(Hellmayr, 1912) 		Argentina
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Chaco sparrow

Rhynchospiza strigiceps
(Gould, 1839) 		Gran Chaco region from south-central Paraguay into north-central Argentina
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


References

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  1. ^ "Passerellidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ DaCosta, J. M.; Spellman, G. M.; Escalante, P; Klicka, J (2009). "A molecular systematic revision of two historically problematic songbird clades: Aimophila and Pipilo" (PDF). Journal of Avian Biology. 40 (2): 206–216. doi:10.1111/j.1600-048X.2009.04514.x. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-01.
  3. ^ Remsen, J. V. (2010). "Resurrect Rhynchospiza for South American "Aimophila"". South American Classification Committee. Accessed 15 October 2012.
  4. ^ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-01-12.